Fanboys

By The Hard Times

Welcome to Fanboys! Each week, Hard Times contributors Edgar, Ty, and Diego listen to YOUR music. Their mission: say something nice about it. Do they have what it takes?... more

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Fanboys:

How many episodes does Fanboys have?

The podcast currently has 150 episodes available.

Fanboys episodes:

January 14, 2020 Roast of Hard Drive
On this week’s upscaled and antialiased episode of Fanboys, the guys hold gamers accountable for their many crimes by roasting their fellow Hard Drive contributors. If you want to hear them subject themselves to an honest-to-god Legend of Zelda rock opera, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Duckspeak (https://duckspeak.bandcamp.com/album/cities-from-above?fbclid=IwAR3ryyh5GOCyRNNqO0UD9KO742UvZ10cJlxgbY-F4nMyBl_O_iBA5rKENCI), E.R.F. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGOOKzFnaKs&fbclid=IwAR1poZBFgOaTLDkMXBrhtV-M8jnIfd75oj_g7YdPIkPkA6skIvQZ8Ws1EvA), Sweet Mansuit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAsGGJd3QLw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1JC0U6T7lV1wb-CyB35kRij2bqtvfCHVKwE8g4lQar58vkSzlbZzGozNM), Rhombus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBqqaiUILZ4&fbclid=IwAR2bAjXfMXAXhhmcGBQXhoZO5671Is8ghMYKajD8Jph6Ywzc4tEJ8NL8MhQ), Noah Ammerman (https://soundcloud.com/noahammerman/market_escape?fbclid=IwAR38jao7RVMhWWuBzBSLgpViv9lMsjrhCBmbjFjFXFlCNea-b9O_DPZqV90), and Louie Aronowitz (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5oNQpHAslP5F1xTvFMGb9O?si=sMe4Y6-MQQSz1jg8QLIGHw&fbclid=IwAR2kFpkeirqDhOrZkLHa9PSA32rudZIqs5DpQTKCa5v577EbHN8RSijM1rY).
...more
55min
January 07, 2020 Nobody Punks On the Hulkster
On this week’s trippy and horny episode of Fanboys, the boys dunk on Hulk Hogan, drop acid while watching the news, and do some good old-fashioned self-diagnosis. If you want to hear them get barked at by anarchists and just kinda chill out and vibe on some shit, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Haircuts That Hurt (https://haircutsthathurt.bandcamp.com/album/long-story-longer), Worm King (https://wormkingli.bandcamp.com/track/74520), Roman Numeral Orange (https://soundcloud.com/roman-numeral-orange), Why Dogs Why (https://whydogswhy.bandcamp.com/), Cranstøn (https://cranstonpunk.bandcamp.com/), and S.C.A.R.P.I. (https://open.spotify.com/album/0pGw2lTaKJCpGFc5sb8tie?si=NGQ1n9ZPSpeslW1KaFbCBg).
...more
51min
December 31, 2019 Roast of The Hard Times - Part 1
On this week’s long-delayed episode of Fanboys, the guys celebrate Edgar’s horrific and untimely death by roasting their fellow Hard Times contributors. If you want to hear them tank their own careers by making fun of their boss’s old band, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Homesick Abortions (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sxXGUWvl0Ktf5mD5jheK2?si=i-oxvHgsQYC_0WvOKthhbg&fbclid=IwAR3yE1H9fJQqY9RypWlbnR0RIy3repAOx-JorIUiu4ai4Fn_S-C80sYvxUI), Danek (https://open.spotify.com/album/6CVaUSRernNQ4PoTyGGhqQ?si=DPV_q34YSGiNlzTWY8r1Fg&fbclid=IwAR1sI_HCG3J_pg5FhHnggMbUAzH1WJDnP0bM4_umgfKABqc6BBDuYeTQ9Sg), Caustic Casanova (https://causticcasanova.bandcamp.com/album/god-how-i-envy-the-deaf-2), The Polyorchids (https://thepolyorchids.bandcamp.com/album/the-polyorchids-2), The Morks (https://themorks.bandcamp.com/album/at-least-we-tried), and Pure (https://purestraightedge.bandcamp.com/).
...more
51min
December 17, 2019 Best of the Decade
On this week’s Fanboys, Edgar is still off dying somewhere, so it’s a best-of episode! The boys shout out to their favorite punk-rock primary schooler, star in an anime, and climb the ladder of pigs. Sign up for our Patreon to get full episodes every week! (https://patreon.com/thehardtimes) ALSO: are you in a shitty band? Want to hear the Fanboys try to say something nice about it? Submit your music to Edgar’s Twitter (https://twitter.com/EdgarTowner)! Be sure to check out this week’s featured artists: Screaming Burritos (https://screamingburritos.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2018), Big Sip (https://soundcloud.com/big_sip/summer-1999-but-it-has-all-the-tracks), Blue Oni (https://soundcloud.com/blue_oni/baba-yaga), Thirsty Curses (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80u4TiiFVhY&feature=youtu.be), and John the Baker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQtyX3BLpX4&feature=youtube_gdata_player&app=desktop).
...more
43min
December 12, 2019 Political Smut
On this week’s embarrassingly off-schedule episode of Fanboys, the boys go full Grammar Nazi, drop some mumblebars, and fall into global capitalism’s thirst trap. If you want to hear them get called out for a showdown at high noon and witness the evolution of shitpost music, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon!
...more
48min
December 03, 2019 Skarcasm
On this week’s nonsensical and eclectic episode of Fanboys, the boys pressure a bluesman to do drugs, foolishly allow a ska band into the hall of fame, and debate the merits of screamy shouty boys. If you want to hear them rock out in Kazakhstan and chill with some real jazz cats, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon!
...more
45min
November 26, 2019 Folk Punk Labor Disputes
On this week’s shockingly counter-revolutionary episode of Fanboys, the boys chill with Eddie Vedder’s less-popular cousin, get radicalized by folk punk, and have a cyberpunk fever dream. If you want to hear them add to the literary canon of white guys explaining why rap is good, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon!
...more
44min
November 19, 2019 The Curse of Noise Rock
This week’s episode of Fanboys is actually legitimately cursed. The boys repent for past sins, listen to a reject from the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack, and star in this season’s hottest anime. If you want to hear them get sucked into a 30-track conceptual electronic epic and nod patiently while their little cousin screams about Fortnight, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon!
...more
44min
November 12, 2019 We Fix Bands
This week’s episode of Fanboys is downright inspiring, you guys. The boys welcome back a hometown noiseboy, teach some bright young kids how to rock, and follow their creepy uncle into a basement. If you want to hear them play D&D with some grindcore hooligans and host a Disney punk show, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon!
...more
41min
November 05, 2019 Fuck It: Christmas Episode
This week’s episode of Fanboys is needlessly, obnoxiously festive. The guys dunk on a bassy highschooler, embrace the dark void of Youtube grunge, and dive into the Springfield Krusty-punk scene. If you want to hear them check into an emo bed and breakfast and get violently sliced into a heavy-ass Arby’s sandwich, grab the full episode on The Hard Times’ Patreon!
...more
46min

FAQs about Fanboys:

How many episodes does Fanboys have?

The podcast currently has 150 episodes available.